Definition

1. Verb:
   • To purse, to pout: To push one's lips forward or outward, often in a tight or protruding manner, to express dissatisfaction, disdain, scorn, or contempt.
   • To show contempt/disdain with one's lips: A facial gesture using the mouth and lips to non-verbally communicate negative judgment or mockery.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy chỉ bĩu môi rồi bỏ đi mà không nói gì. (She just pouted/pursed her lips and walked away without saying a word.)
  • Nghe xong câu chuyện, anh ta bĩu môi tỏ vẻ không tin. (After hearing the story, he pursed his lips to show disbelief.)
  • Đừng có bĩu môi bĩu mỏ khi người khác đang nói! (Don't pout and purse your lips when someone else is speaking!)

Advanced Usage

• "bĩu môi": This is the most common and standard collocation. It specifically means to pout or purse one's lips.

  • Cậu bé bĩu môi vì không được mua đồ chơi. (The little boy pouted because he wasn't bought a toy.)

• "bĩu môi bĩu mỏ": An intensified or more vivid phrase. "Mỏ" here is a colloquial term for mouth/lips, reinforcing the gesture of disdain.

  • Cô ấy bĩu môi bĩu mỏ chê món ăn không ngon. (She pouted and sneered, complaining that the food wasn't tasty.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhăn mặt (verb): To frown, to grimace. (A related facial expression of displeasure, but focuses more on the whole face or forehead rather than specifically the lips.)
• Chê bai (verb): To criticize, to disparage. (This is the verbal action that the gesture "bĩu môi" often accompanies.)

Synonyms

• Mím môi (verb): To press one's lips together tightly. (Can sometimes overlap in expressing determination or suppressed emotion, but "bĩu" specifically implies a protruding, scornful pout.)
• Chu mỏ (verb, colloquial): To pout one's lips out. (A very close synonym, often used interchangeably with "bĩu môi".)

Related Phrases

• Làm bộ bĩu môi: To put on a pouting face, to make a show of pouting.
  • Nó làm bộ bĩu môi giận dỗi với mẹ. (He put on a pouting face to sulk with his mother.)

Related Idioms

• Bĩu môi chê đắt: To pout and complain that something is too expensive. (A common idiom describing the gesture of disdain towards a high price.)
  • Khách hàng bĩu môi chê đắt rồi không mua. (The customer pouted, complaining it was too expensive, and didn't buy it.)

verb

1. To purse, to pout
   • bĩu môi chê đắt
     to pout one's lips and complain that the thing is too dear
   • môi bĩu ra
     his lips pouted
   • bĩu môi bĩu mỏ
     to pout and purse one's lips